Department/College/UnitSocial Sciences Division

TitleDoctoral Student

AffiliationGraduate

Other UCSC Campus AffiliationCenter for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast)

Primary Office LocationSocial Sciences 1
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Biography, Education and Training

Education:

• Master of Environmental Management - Specialization in Indigenous Lifeways and Environmental Systems 
  • Yale University 
• Bachelor of Arts in Geography w/minor in Political Science 
  • Gustavus Adolphus College

Research Interests

Environmental Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Geography, Indigenous Peoples, Religion, Shamanism, Southeast Asia, Hmong studies

Teaching Interests

Teaching (TA) appointments:

• Spring 2025. "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology," Department of Anthropology, University of California Santa Cruz
• Spring 2024. "Primate Conservation," Department of Anthropology, Yale University
• Fall 2023. "Social/Human Sciences for Environmental Managers," Yale School of the Environment
• Spring 2021, 2020, 2019. "Introduction to World Geography," Department of Environment, Geography, and Earth Sciences, Gustavus Adolphus College
• Fall 2020. "Causes of Global Climate Change w/lab," Department of Environment, Geography, and Earth Sciences, Gustavus Adolphus College

Awards, Honors and Grants

2025. Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions, Junior Scholar Research Grant, University of California Santa Cruz 

2025. Center for Southeast Asia Studies at UC Berkeley, SEALIVES and Histories Grant, University of California Berkeley

2024. Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship, University of California 

2024. Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) Working Group Grant: Religion and Indigeneity in the Pacific and Asian Americas, University of California Berkeley

2023. Mobley Environmental Humanities Grant, Yale University 

2023. Law, Environment, and Animals Program (LEAP) Research Fellowship, Yale Law School 

2023. Yale School of Environment Summer Research Fellowship, Yale University

2022. Fulbright Taiwan Award, U.S. Department of State (declined) 

2021, 2019. Doris Duke Conservation Fellowship, University of Washington

2020. Academic Assistantship (Independent Research), Department of Environment, Geography, and Earth Sciences, Gustavus Adolphus College

2020. Gamma Theta Upsilon - International Geographical Society

2019. Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholar, U.S. Department of State

Selected Publications

Contributing Author. The SAGE Encyclopedia on Refugee Studies (Volume Set II). Sage Publications Inc. Forthcoming, 2025